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Pharr is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 79,715, [6] and in 2022, the estimated population was 80,187. [7] Pharr is connected by bridge to the Mexican city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. Pharr is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission and Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan areas.
The tolling operation on the US side of the bridge is operated by the city of Pharr, Texas. The bridge opened in 1994, and since 1996, northbound trucks from Reynosa have not been to permitted to cross at the Hidalgo Texas Port of Entry. [1] This has made Pharr a major commercial port of entry.
Since 1996, all northbound trucks are required to use the Pharr–Reynosa International Bridge to enter the U.S. from Reynosa. Although located in Hidalgo, the U.S. section of the McAllen–Hidalgo–Reynosa International Bridge is operated by the larger city of McAllen nearby to the north.
Las Milpas (Spanish: "the milpas ") is a colonia in the City of Pharr, in central Hidalgo County, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley. It was previously an unincorporated area. Las Milpas is located off of U.S. Highway 281, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of the city center of Pharr, [1] and between McAllen and the United States-Mexico border. [2]
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Texas's South Texas region.. The South Texas region is an area of 28 counties defined by the Texas Comptroller for economic reporting in 2022, as mapped here.
On March 15, 1919, Common School District No. 4 in Hidalgo County became Pharr-San Juan Independent School District. Forty years later in 1959, Alamo merged with the district, establishing what is now known as the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District, a district that caters to over 31,000 students in the tri-city area.
The Pharr–Reynosa International Bridge (Spanish: Puente Internacional Reynosa–Pharr) is an international bridge across the Rio Grande, along the U.S.–Mexico border. It connects the city of Pharr in the U.S. state of Texas with the city of Reynosa in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
The Hidalgo Texas Port of Entry is located at the northern end of the McAllen–Hidalgo–Reynosa International Bridge, in the city of Hidalgo. The northbound traffic is coming from the city of Reynosa. Since 1996, all northbound trucks are required to use the Pharr–Reynosa International Bridge to enter the U.S. from Reynosa.